Ais striked with the full strength of a lvl5 towards the falling William.
All of a sudden it was like the world was going in slow motion.
As the tip of the rapier approached it's target, William who was assumed to be in a daze before suddenly took action.
Raising his right hand William deflected the rapier with the back of his palm.
Ais's rapier slid pass William's face as he quickly moved his left hand which was holding the decoration sword and placed it inces away from the surprised Ais's neck.
It wasn't his speed or power increase in a split second so much so that he could overpower a lvl5 or something....
If you were to look closer than you would find the reason for it....
Going back a little when William was raising his right hand to deflect Ais's rapier, if you were to look close enough then you would find that a strong gust of wind has condensed on the back of William's palm.
Using the combined force generated by the wind and his palm, William was able to deflect the attack, yes he deflected the attack and not blocked it.
There is a very big difference between the two.
As blocking an attack would require and equivalent force if not greater. but for in deflecting all we need to do is add a little force from the side and change the path of the trajectory of the object which was in this case the rapier.
It might sound easy, but infact it is an almost impossible thing to do if the gap between you and your opponent is huge, just like here as William is a new lvl3 while Ais is a lvl5. The difference in their stats is way too wide.
Because of this William had to calculate in advance as to where Ais would land her move, how fast the move would be and how much should he adjust his speed to intercept the rapier....
Thanks to his talent in swordsmanship and his 100% concentrated mind, William was able to accomplish this feat.
"I win", Said William in an apathetic voice as he tightly gripped his sword and looked at the stunned Ais
Honestly the decoration sword is not even strong enough to penetrate Ais's skin.....
But Ais dosen't know that.
-
William looked at Ais who is crouching by a tree while using her finger to draw circles on the ground.
The corners of William's mouth twitched as he thought.
'What is she a teenager?.... actually she is hardly 14 isn't she?....'
William looked at the sulking kid and decided to leave.
If she is like this after one defete, then sorry but I think that I might have overestimated you.
Just as William was about to leave.
*pull*
William felt a small pull from behind, but he didn't turned around and said bluntly.
"What?"
"....."
Ais didn't said anything as she kept her head down while lightly holding William's coat from behind with her index finger and thumb.
Just as William was about to move away.
"Please....", A small voice reached his ears.
"C-Can you please t-teach me....", Ais asked in a shuttering voice as she pulled her head down even further.
William could see Ais's ear turn red as her body started shaking a little.
"Fine"
"!!!"
Ais quickly raised her head and looked at William with her eyes wide open.
William couldn't halp but silently shake his head when he saw small droplets of tears at the corners of Ais's eyes.
'Don't tell me that she was going to cry if I rejected her.....'
"What you don't want to?", William said in a disinterested voice when he saw that Ais was not saying anything.
*shake*
Ais vigorously shakes her head in denial.
"In exchange you will have to fulfill one of my demand in the future"
*nod*nod*
Ais nodded to show her agreement, not even giving a single thought about William's request.
William had to say, the image of Ais in his mind was completely ruined....it is replaced by a midd--no a grade schooler would define her better.
-
After agreeing to meet up later, William finally left the 18th floor and started heading to his real destination.
Upper floors.
As for the decoration sword....
William gritted his teeth when he remembered that money hungry old-piece-of-trash-half-assed blacksmith sold him an iron sword for 100,000 Valis...
Just looking at the same 1,000valis guild sword in his hand increased his blood pressure.....
(iron sword-> IM BACK!!!(・∀・))
--[*Skill*[Cold Blooded (S)]*is shaking*]--
William released a sigh as he remembered the off the charts prices for other weapons.
Even though the other weapons were expensive, it's not like he couldn't buy them but the thing is that he is not carrying that much valis on him right now and the second thing is that he already has a 45 million valis sword waiting for him outside, spots really not worth it to buy a new expensive one.
And if you are wondering why he didn't go back and get his actual sword from Tsubaki then it's simple really, he thought that since he was already here taking a look at the upper floor would be better than going all the way back and then once again coming here.
And that is why he had to make do with this cost efficien---Wait it's not even cost efficient anymore due to its high price.....
(Iron sword->ಥ‿ಥ)
Well moving on.
As William entered the 19th floor, A scene with lush greenery came in his vision.
The entire floor had a wood like boundary instead of the usual stone one.
As William was taking in the scenery.
"kekeke Is ThiS That DarK HeRo oR Something-somThiNg?"
A highly disturbing voice came from behind him.
With a slight frown on his face, William turned around to look at the person.
*Freeze*
William froze as he looked at the bein- no the thing in front of him.
You have to know that after gaining the skill 'cold blooded' William has rarely ever felt emotions.....
But as he looked at the thing in front of him, only one word occupied his mind.
Disgusting.
A disgusting Human being.
It's not just her body shape and her way of talking but it's her aura which truly disgusts William.
An aura of torture surrounded her.
It's like William can even faintly hear the crying sounds of her poor victims.
But.
It's not like he was a saint either.
"kekeke what don't tell me that you fell for my beauty"
William stared straight at her, not showing any emotion on his face.
"kekeke by the way I am Phryne Jamil Don't forget my name handsome kekeke"
As William looked at Phryne with cold eyes, Someone else who was being hidden by the group of Amazonian's standing behind Phryne was also looking at him with curious eyes.
Even though her body was covered by a layer of cloak , you could still see the pointed tips on her hood, signifying her origin as a beat person.
"Hero....", She muttered in an almost inaudible voice when she heard what Phryne called him.
Trying to get a closer look at his him, she slowly parted the veil covering the front of her face.
Some of her bright golden coloured hairs were exposed as her green coloured eyes were expectantly looking at William.